[Thyrza by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThyrza CHAPTER XVIII 27/27
Egremont had given it to Grail about three weeks ago; it was two years old.
She turned them out upon her lap. 'I think I'd better take them down now, hadn't I ?' said Lydia. 'I wouldn't trouble till morning,' Thyrza answered, in a tired voice. Two lay exposed before her: that of Gilbert, taken six years ago, and that of Egremont.
Lydia, looking over her shoulder, remarked: 'What a boy Mr.Egremont looks, compared with Gilbert!' Thyrza said nothing. 'Come, dear, put them in the envelope, and let me take them down.' 'Oh, never mind till morning, Lyddy!' The voice was rather impatient. 'But I'm afraid Mrs.Grail 'll remember, and have the trouble of coming up.' 'She won't think it worth while.
And I want to look at them.' 'Oh, very well, dear.' The two unlike faces continued to lie uppermost..
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